Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-05

wound in the shoulder. His fireman
was caught between the engine and
tender and died in few minutes.
The uninursd passengers and residents OF
the neghbOrhoOd set TO work to aid the
wounded passengers in the burning cars.
rescuing all who could be reached. Up
to the time Toll left, which was at D
o'clock, eight dead bodies had been res
cued from the wreck. The baggag eman
OF the express was thrown through the
roof of his car, escaping with broken
leg. The express messenger, who was
sitting beside him, was killed instantly.
No one in the sleepers was injured in the
least.
LoGAN'S SISTER IN THE WRECK.
Among the passengers in the sleeper
were Mrs. Fish, OF Joliet. ILL.,, sister OF
Gen. Logan, and her son Charles, neither
of whom were injured. The shock was
so terrific that the farmers in the neiR b.
borhood took it to be an earthquake, and
were soon at the scene of the wreck. In
the confusion of the wreck hot dispute
aro0e among The trainmen as TO the
responsibility for the disaster. 1t APP
peared that the freight train was running
on the time of the express. The engineer
was heard TO remark that be had left the
last siding with only thirty pounds of
steam, and on the up grade, east of Tltfin,
his engine "went back on him. and the
train stalled. No danger signals were
sent out ahead, and the express, running
at tull speed down grade and around a
curve, had no warning Of the impending
danger until an instant before the COLI
sion.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 4.-The Coroner has
taken charge OF the dead. The Com
mercial correspondent gives seventeen as
the number who were killed, and says
that out of fifteen passengers in the
smoker but one escaped.
DRUNKENNESS CHARGED.
CHICAGO, Jan. A special from Tiffin,
o., says: Conductor Fletcher says that
the engineer of the freight train was
drunk. His name is kyler, and he is
now at Chicago Junction. The piles OF
ashes and debris now to be seen at the
place OF collision are full OF bones, the
remains OF jeweIry and melted
silver money Ten Of the killed
are utterly unknown. An old
gentleman named Ferguson, OF Bloom
dale, left Pittsburg on the express and
has not since been heard from. His son
was tonight looking among the burned
masses and ashes to find something by
| whlcn to identify one OF the black humps
as his father. The Coroner OF Seneca
| county has not yet begun a regular
examination of witnesses. The blame
| H6GmS W Db Will luD crew vi
! the freight train. AT least fifteen were
| killed, but the only names known are
| James Postlethwaite and his two sons.
! Spencer and Henry, OF Bolton, W. Va. !;
| NJ. II. Parks, or Washington, ID. c.;
| Frederick, fireman of the passenger
| Price, the express messenger, and a Mr..
| Ballard, from some town in New York
State. Mr.. Ballard, like Parks, threw his
papers out OF the window while being
| .ltraI lu chaH nd htrr Na1 10
WRECK IN MASSACHUSETTS.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS, Jan. 4.-The
| "MOduc" passenger train from Albany
| which should have arrived here about {
O'Clock tus morning, was badly wrecked
at West Springfield. The wreck took
fire. The fire department of this city
went to the wreck, which occurred three
| or four miles west of here. One passen-
| ger and one sleeping car were totally
burned. The ''MOdoc'' consisted of one
! baggage, one mail, TWO sleepers, and sew
eral passenger cars, and is the express
| from Chicago and Albany to Boston,
reaching here at 5:25 and Boston at about
! 8 O'Clock in the morning.
| Fourteen frst-class Chicago and West
ern mail pouches and 70 pouches of sec
| ond-ciass matter were burned. They con-
tanned much registered matter and were
| destined for all parts of Eastern New
England. Two corpses were on the train
and one of them was entirely consumed.
About noon to-day, while the wOrkmen
were clearing away the wreck, the charred
remains of a man were found burned be-
yond recognition.
CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.
An axle of one OF the cars on the ex-
press broke and threw the remainder of
| the train against freight train that was
passing on the track next to 1t. which
threw he engine and tender Of the freight
| train Of the track. The engineer and 1re-
man of the freight were badly injured, the
| engineer being caught between the engine
and tender.
Those most injured on the express were
| occupants OF the smoking car. Conduc-
tor Chaplin, of the "ModOc," was badly
injured and was brought 70 his home
here. The passengers not seriously il jured
went east from this city on The "GOver-
nor's" train, leaving at $3.50 O'Clock this
morning. The more seriously injured We e
carried to houses IN the vicinity and were
| cared tor by physicians from this city.
The weather was very cold, the mercury
standing at zero.
A revised list OF the injured shows that
nineteen persons Were more or less hurt,
| one of whom, printer named Charles :.
Packard, of Westfeld, will probably die.
CRASH AT ELMIRA.
ELMIRA, N. Y, Jan. 4.-W bound
Erie express train No. 13 collided with an
engine upon which were seven men in
| the Southport yard, in this city, at
| O'Clock this morning. Conductor Wheeler
| had his cOllarbone broken in Two places.
! The engineer, fireman, express messenger
and one brakeman were badly bruised,
but not seriously injured. The two eQl
gines and one express car were wrecn<
The westbound track was blocka&l
nine hours. Trains were. also delafSd at
Painted Post by another wreckaM which
several cars were burned axGan Elmira
! brakeman was slightly Ea8d.
WAGON RUN gown.
OCONoMowoc.--& .--& Jan. "A pas
- Es2xs53 when passing a
)l1Smmoth Ice Eous3fSh into a sleigh load
! OF ice laborers and instantly killed three
persons and fatally injured several others.
Bert Mcconnell, young man OF this city,
| and an Old gentleman named An0ersOn